Silk Road Fund to look toward the longer term

The Silk Road Fund will target medium- and long-term projects that have strategic significance to support the "One Belt, One Road" initiative, said People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan.

Art lovers propel auction leaders' growth

Art collectors in China helped drive the growth of leading global auction houses last year through an active presence at domestic and foreign auctions and via online sales.

Pre-holiday IPO rush may raise $910m

Fourteen companies are set to debut on the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses on Tuesday, the final trading day before the markets close for the Lunar New Year holiday, and are forecast to raise about 5.6 billion yuan ($910 million).

CNR division in Tangshan on track to move world

Sun Binbin's family has worked for three generations for China's first railway factory, now owned by Tangshan Railway Vehicle Co, a subsidiary of CNR Corp.

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Imports of cotton dip as textiles struggle

Cotton imports slid 44.9 percent year-on-year to 161,200 metric tons in January, highlighting the challenges that domestic textile manufacturers face in a weak world market, said trade experts.

Taxi-hailing merger signals shift to higher-end services

The merger of China's top two taxi-hailing app providers will help the new platform, backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, to focus on the higher-end car booking business, industry insiders said on Monday.

Victor Smorgon Group eyes China agro market

The Victor Smorgon Group, a privately owned industrial leader with diversified businesses in Australia, is looking for trade and investment opportunities again in China after it quit the steel business in the world's second-largest economy some two decades ago, according to a senior company executive.

Big firms muscle in on booming fitness sector

Industry expands as an increasing number of Chinese people opt for healthier lifestyle

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New chapter for bookstores

Take the escalator down through a giant tunnel and you will be stunned by the 4,000-square-meter paradise that Fang Suo Commune has built for book and art lovers in Chengdu, Sichuan province.